Extruding machine



April 3, 1 A. H. BRAESEKE 2,547,151

EXTRUDING MACHINE Filed Sept. 15, 1945 {Sheets-Sheet 2 7/ INVENTOR. J08 I 105 42am? .Bmese/ve,

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a berlfflfimeseia Patented Apr. 3, 1951 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE EXIRUDING MACHINE Albert H. Braeseke, Chicago, 111. Application September 15, 194 5, Seria N0. 6I l.6, (i30v 11 Claims.

The r ent tion relate to. n x r i ma hi e whi h ha e se pr m r ly fo extrudin a i a rials, althoug as. wi here after ppear, th hine is a sejada e to the extrusion of a wide variety of other materials. such as. semi-solid materials granular materials, and thelihe.

One oi'th principal objects of the invention to provide an extrusion machine capable of exerti extrem y a tr sion p essures w thou the possibility o slipor s e r ng of h ma er el n h mee ine,

Another important object of the invention is to provide a machine which will exert a. substan-tiahy constant, extrusion pressure at. all times o the m te ia e ns extruded.

The: two bove reeited obj cts e o in y im rov d ens ruetien and ar ngemea of eveneentrie in er nd ou er conv yor sc ew ha ing opposit directions o ea hav n ma n it h hem end to. end. thereof n n posite directions oi rotation at speeds which maintain said screws in continuously mating travel and which act on inner and outer lay: ers oi the material being extruded, whereby the. material virtually functions as a continuous nut o pisto ich s d i en for y by the mhine ashes o he m le and, fema screws- Ifihe high pressures obtainable by the present machine enable. the product or output of the machine to be made 02 a, greater density, which very esi ab e! The ext m h Pressures ob a nable al enable h m h n o a l other material which; could not be handled at W a. hea ve t ii d w th e ard t the mat ial c e r materia input. so hat substan ial y ons ant "de s t is a ta ned at a l me n the extrude ma- 1. The. Dosi ve eysle o l near motion. oi mat r elthrensh the.- mach ne permits the ex rusi n or. inieetie mo d-ins. o ths m et ne. plastics (Bakelite pheno forrnal dehyde-urea, formalde y e eta); the t' e Cycle bein arran so. hat in he extr ion m thod he a i s ts whe seine thro h the die, an in he ni e-' res ures 'lih e ns n v of p ss r 2 nventi n wi l be apparent from he f n detail descri tion several embod ments, of e nventio I e. a co pan g w s l us-- tretin sueh embo m nts:

Figure l is a plan View, partly in section, of one embodime t. of t e nventi part a ly adapted to the extruding of plastic materials;

Figure 2 is a. transverse sectional view taken approximately on the plane or the line 2-1 of Figure 1 and looking the direction of the arrows;

Figure, 3 is likewise a transverse sectional view taken on the plane of the line 3,3 of Figure 1 and looking in the direction of the arrows;

Figure 4 is a detail sectional view through the. extruding nozzle, taken approximately on the plane of the line ie-4. of. Figure 1;

Figure, 5; is a fragmentary sectional view show: ing an injection molding nozzle adapted to the machin Figure 6 i a somewhat, diagrammatic sectional view similar to, Figure l but showing the SBV': eral gears schematically, this latter embodiment being particularly adapted to the extrusion. of,

powder metal;

Figure. '1 is, a diagrammatic view of this latter embodiment, illustrating the use of suction or vacuum apparatus. for removing air from the powder metal;

Figure 8 illustrates the. use of an injection molding, nozzle in connection with this latter embodiment of the invention;

Figure 9 is a diagrammatic sectional view of another embodiment of the invention wherein he screW elements are disposed vertically, this embodiment. being particularly adapted to metallic. die casting operations;

Figure 10. is. a. vertical sectional view showing invention adapted to a, meat grinder or food grinder; and

Figure 11 is. a. bottom end view of the latter; as indicated by he line Hll of Figure 10..

V Beferringfirst to. the embodiment illustrated in Figures 1, 2, 3. and 4', this construction com prises a main frame inthe, form of a substantially rectangular casting .0,. the base of which is iormed with projecting apertured bolting flanges 2,] by which the frame can be secured to a pedestal base, bench or the like. A main drive shaft 22 extends. longitudinally through the rear portion of the frame, being journaled in relatively long bearing bosses. 23 and 24v formed as apart of the. frame. This drive shaft is driven from any suitable source of, power, and may be driven through a variable, speed mechanism capableof driving the machine at di ferent speeds. At. the ef ha d end the f ame, the drive s aft 22 carr esa p r wheel. 5 wh ch dr v s a spur pin on '26; mounted on the left. hand. end of. a countershait 2]. which isiournaledin this portion of the frame. The right hand end of the countershaft 21 carries a spur pinion 28 which meshes with a spur wheel 29 which drives the male or inner conveyor screw 30. It will be noted that the gear 29 drives the inner conveyor screw 3|] in a clockwise direction of rotation, as viewed from the left hand end of the gear 2!] and screw 30. ring back to the main drive shaft 22, this shaft also drives a relatively wide spur wheel 3! which is mounted between the bearing bosses 23 and 24 and which meshes with a narrower spur wheel 32. The latter spur wheel is secured to or formed integral with a rotating and reciprocating sleeve 33 which functions as an automatic feeding ram forfeeding the material to the conveyor screws. The wide face of the driving spur wheel 3i accommodates the axial shifting movement of the driven wheel 32. The sleeve 33 is rotatably mounted on the rearwardly extending driving shank 34 of the male screw element 30, this shank portion extending through the gear 29, to which it is secured, and having its rear end journaled in the leg 35 of the supporting frame. It will be noted. that the feed drive gear wheel 32 rotates in the opposite direction to the screw driving gear wheel 29, and these opposite directions of rotation are made effective through a cooperating cam and roller. arrangement 36 between these two gear wheels for causing axial feeding motion of the gear wheel 32 and sleeve 33 towards the right. A return spring 37 returns the gear wheel 32 and sleeve 33 to the left. ,The cam and roller arrangement 36 will be described in detail later. The right hand end of the main drive shaft 22 carries a spur wheel 38 whichmeshes with a spur wheel 39 formed integrally with the outer or female screw element 40. By reason of the fact that the countershaft gearing 2B,, 21 and 28 is interposed between the driving gear 25 and driven gear 29 which drives the male conveyor screw 39, whereas the. driving gear 33 meshes directly with the driven gear 39 for driving the female conveyor screw 48, it follows that these two screws will rotate in opposite directions. The opposite rotative speeds preferably are substantially the same although the two screws may be arranged to rotate at different speeds, if desired. The sleeve portion of the female conveyor screw 40 has a cylindrical outer surface which is journaled for rotation in a cylindrical bearing bore 4! formed in the frame casting 2B. A thrust washer 42 is interposed between this hearing portion 4! and the gear wheel flange 39 projecting from the right hand end of the conveyor screw sleeve. The feeding or conveying space between the inner and outer screws 30 and 4B is designated 44, the right hand end of this feeding chamber discharging into an extruding nozzle 4'5. The latter is provided with a bolting flange 46 which is secured by bolts or cap screws 4] to the end face of the casting 2a in line with the conveyor screws. This extruding nozzle or head 45 is preferably formed with a tapered bore through which extends a tapered filler core 52, whereby to form a discharge passageway 53 therebetween diminishing in diameter and cross-sectional area. The extreme end of this passageway53 may be of cylindricalformation, as indicated at 53', if desired, the extruded material issuing from this type of extrusion nozzle in the form of a continuous tube. The filler core 52 is held properly centered in the passageway 53, 53' by a plurality of angularly spaced spacing ribs 54, as clearly shown in Figure 4. Provision is made for heat- Refer-' ing the intermediate portion of the extrusion nozzle 35, such as by a resistance heater, induction heater, dielectric heater, or other suitable heating means indicated diagrammaticallyat 56. Under some operating conditions it may be desirable to cool the tip of the extrusion nozzle 45,

. such as when the extruded material is discharged directly upon a conveyor or other receiving means, and, accordingly, I have provided a cylindrical jacket '57 which can be arranged to have a cooling medium circulated therethrough. Under some operating conditions, this jacket 5'! might be converted to heating purposes by circulating a heating medium therethrough. The inner conveyor screw 3% has bearing support at its right hand end in the nozzle core 52, such as by extending a bearing stud 59 from the end of the conveyor screw and seating it in a counterbore in the nozzle core 52. The high pressure conveying action of the oppositely rotating screws SS, 48 will be described in detail after first describing the action of the automatic feeding ram 33 for feeding the material to the screws.

As previously described, this feeding ram 33 rotateson the outer surfaceof the stem portion 34 of the inner conveyor screw, rotating with a snug fit on this stem portion and in the opposite direction thereto. The cylindrical outer surface of the feeding ram has a snug sliding fit in a cylindrical bore 6! which is formed as a reduced extension of the larger cylindrical bore 4|. A cylindrical feeding cavity 62 is thereby defined be tween the stem 34 and bore 6|, and longitudinally between the ram 33 and the ends of the conveyor screws. Referring to Figure 3, a feed chute 63 extends downwardly through the top of the casting 20 and opens into the feeding cavity 62. The upper end of the chute 63 may lead from a hopper 66, conveyor belt, screw conveyor, or any other type of apparatus or device for supplying material to the machine. Referring now to the cam and roller mechanism 36, this comprises a collar 56 projecting either from the screw stem 34 or from the face of the gear 29, this collar being provided with two diametrically opposite pins 6'5 (Figure 2). Mounted upon these pins are rollers 68. Projecting laterally from the adjacent face of the gear 32 are circularly arranged cam lobes 69 adapted to cooperate with the rollers 68. In the opposite rotation of the cams and rollers, the cams reciprocate longitudinally and thus slide the ram 33 back and forth. The leading edges of the cam lobes 69 have relatively gradual slopes, and the trailing edges preferably have relatively sharp slopes, whereby the feeding ram 33 has a relatively gradual feeding motion to the right for feeding the material into the screw conveyor space 54, and a relatively quick return motion under the action of the spring 31.

Referring now to the inner and outer conveyor screws 38 and 40 in greater detail, the direction of lead of the thread on the male screw 30 is opposite to the direction of lead of the thread in the female screw 40, these opposite directions of lead being so related to the directions of rotation of their respective screw elements that both conveyor screws simultaneously exert a feeding action on the material for forcing it in a direction from left to right. That is to say, considering the clockwise direction of rotation of the male screw 39 (as viewed from the intake end of the conveyor screw space), the thread on this inner screw has a left hand direction of lead so that this clockwise direction of rotation will cause the material to be forced from left to right in of the two screws.

arsenal the screw conveyor space 44. Similarly, consideringthe counterclockwise direction of rotation 'or-the outer conveyor screw 40, the "internal thread in-this conveyor screw has a right hand direction of lead so that this counterclockwise direction of rotation will also cause the material to be forced from left to right in the space 44. The major diameter of the thread 30' on the male screw 30 remains constant throughout the length of this screw,- and, similarly, the minor diameter of the thread 40 within the female screw lfl 'rernains constant throughout the entire length of this screw, the major diameter of the male thread being smaller than the minor diameter of the female thread so as to provide adequate 'clearance'space between these threads. The extruding space 44 between the two conveyor-screws may be of uniform cross-sectional area from end toen'd, or: it may be of diminishing cross-sectional areatoward the discharge end for the purpose of increasing the pressure on the material "being extruded. In the embodiment of Figure 1 Ijhave illustrated the latter arrangement, which is obtained by having the minor diameter of the thread 30 increase toward the discharging end ofthe screw 30, and by having the major diameter of the thread 40' decrease toward the discharging end of the screw 40. Thus, the diminishing cross sectional area of the conveyor space I l increases the pressure and density in the material being extruded toward the discharge end Thet-hreads 3B'and 40' are preierably tapered, but they may be square or, of other profile if desired. Preferably, the two conveyor screws '30 and 40 are of the singlethreadtype, but they can boot the double-thread :ortriple-thread type if desired. Still further,; these threads are shown as being of uniform jpitch viz. .fr'omend' to end of the screw members. 'By virtue of thus employing male and female screws having opposite directions of lead and fhaving opposite directions of rotation, I am able to obtain much higher extrusion pressures without-the possibility-of any slip or shearing of the material in traveling through the conveyor space.

Inthe conventional single screw extruding machine there-is the frequent possibility of slip of the material in the conveyor space, which limits the pressures obtainable, and also results in objectionable pressure variations. The constancy of pressure obtainable :by virtue of the inner and "outer conveyor screws having opposite directions of leadand opposite directions of rotation is an "important feature becauzeit enables the heat cycle to be fixed with regard to the material cycle h "pr'material input so that asubstantially-constant density can be maintained at all times in the extruded material. This is of decided advantage in extruding various types of plastic materials. Variations; or adjustments of pressure and of :density-can be eiiected in the present machine,

-if desired; by varying the rate of feed of the material'dojwn through hopper E4 and chute 63 into the feeding cavity 62. This varies or adjusts the -density of .the material as extruded from the machine with regard to one given speed of rotation .of the machine. As the body or material is being irreversible in the sense that the material cansIi-p hackwardly; The pressures which are 6 capableci being exerted by these inner and outer screws and on an intervening bodyof :proper consistency are limited only by the structural strength of the screw members 30 and 40. Surrounding the conveyor screws is a jacket 1i through which a heating fluid can be circulated. particularly when extruding thermosetting or thermoplastic materials, but which jacket might also be used for circulating a cooling medium under circumstances where it might be desirable to cool the material in its passage through the conveyor space l-l. In this same-regard, one or.

more longitudinal passageways 12 :may be cored or drilledout the inner conveyor screw 30 and in the nozzle core 52 for circulating a heating or cooling medium therethrough.

In Figure 5, the extrusion nozzle has been substituted by an injection molding nozzle 45a. A core 52a within this injection molding nozzle guides the extruded material outwardly to a relatively small cylindrical discharge opening 53". A typical mold for plastic materials is represented by the upper and lower mold plates 15 and 1 6 having mold cavities Tl formed in their opposing faces. Sprue openings or similar passageways 18 lead through one of the mold plates to the cavities TIL-and these passageways are brought into registration with the discharge outlet 53" of the injection molding nozzle45a; In

the extrusion of plastic materials, the viscosity or solidity of the plastic material may be retained at such point while traveling through the conveyor screw passageway 44 that the conveyor screws 30 and 4c are capable of exerting very high pressures on the material, almost as though it were solid material. One control governing the plasticity of this material in the "passageway as is the thermal control which can be exercised through the jacket H and through the cored passageways 12. After the extruded material leaves the passageway 44 its temperature maybe raised to a higher point so as to obtain greater fluidity for better extrusion and for better filling of mold cavities, etc. This increased temperature can be brought about in the extruding nozzle 45 by the action of the resistance or induction heater 56 and the jacket 51.

Figures 6,? and 8 illustrate a typical adaptation of my invention to the field of powder metallurgy. My improved extruding machine is capable of creating the extremely high pressures which are so often desirable in the field of pow.-

der metallurgy. The construction for handling powder metal can be practically the same as the embodiment above described. Accordingly, in illustrating such an extruding machine for powder metal in Figure 6 I have shown many of the parts diagrammatically, this being particularly true or" the various. driving gearsthese gears being designated with they same reference numerals as in Figure 1. In Figure 7 I have i1- lustrated a supplementary feature which can be added to my improved extruding machine when extruding powder metal. This feature resides in the extraction of as much air, oxygen, gas, etc. from the powder metal as possible just prior to or at the time that the metal is being fed into and through the machine. As the powdered metal is compressed in its travel between the screws, the air and gases are forced back toward th intake ends of the screws. In the diagrammatic showing of Figure 7, this is accom- 'plished by any suitable suction pump 8| driven by an electric motor :or other suitable source of power; 82. llhis suction pump. is connected description of the preceding embodiment.

suitable thermal control means.

- induction suitable heating means .able molds l5, l6.

. ceding embodiments.

"through a suction conduit 83 with the upper end :of a closed hopper 64 which feeds the powder metal to the force feed cavity 62. After :the

hopper 64 has been filled with a charge of powder metal introduced through the filler: open-- ing 85, the hopper is closed to atmosphere and the suction pump 3i is set into operation. The

The purpose of withdrawing as inner and outer conveyor screws 36 and.4ii on the'powder metal will be understood from the If thermal action or control within the conveyor screw passageway 44 is desired, the surrounding part;- of the machine may be provided with jackets, similar to the jacket H, or any other Similarly, the extrusion nozzle 45 may be provided with an heater, resistance heater or other 5%. The extrusion nozzle is shown as discharging upon a suitable conveyor 81.

- 'Figure 8illustrates the adaptation of an injection molding nozzle to this powder metal extruding machine. This injection molding noz- :zle 45a conforms substantially to the construction shownin Figure 5, and serves to discharge the powder metal into mold cavities ll of suit- Figure 9 illustrates the adaptation of my improved extruding machine to a metal .die casting process. In this embodiment, the'inner and outer extruding screws 39 and do are prefer- Jably disposedvertically to facilitate the feed of 'moiten metal down into the extruding passageway 44 between the screw elements. By way of illustrating other possible driving arrangements for the two screw elements, I have shown a bevel gear set comprising a driving bevel gear 9| mounted on a drive shaft 92, and two driven bevel gears 93 and 94 which mesh with diametri- -cally opposite points of the driving bevel gear so as to have opposite directions of rotation.

The upper bevel gear 93 is secured to the shank or stem portion 34 of the inner male screw 3f; so as to drive this screw element in the direction indicated. The lower bevel gear 94 is secured to the outer female screw 46 so as to drive this outer screw element in the opposite direction of rotation. ISaidlower gear 94 is formed with a raised innerilange 95 which forms a hopper orreceiving-receptacle 95 for receiving the mol- .,ten metal." The molten metal is fedto the receptacle 36 through a trough or feed pipe 9?.

In'this embodiment of extruding machine, the passageway 44 between the inner and outer screw elements is preferably of substantially uniform cross-sectional area from end to end. My inventionxcontemplates congealing or solidify- "ingthe molten metal to a considerable extent within the passageway 44' so as to form in effect a nutof suificient rigidity for the screw threads 30' and 46 to exert high pressures thereon. It is for this reason that the conveying passageway 44 between the screw elements is. preferably made of uniform cross-sectional area from end to end, instead of diminishing in area toward'the discharge end asfin the pre- However, some slight degree of taper might be employed in this embodi .ment. In order to effect this degree of congeal 'ingpf the metal in the passageway 44, a cool; ing jacket or cooling pan 9B surrounds thispoifltion of the,outer screw member '40. Pipes 99 circulate water or other coolant through the cooling jacket 98. After being congealed-sum.- ciently for the conveying screws to exert their high pressures thereon, the die casting metal is reheated to bring it back to a relatively fluid state for extrusion from the extrusion nozzle. Accordingly, suitable heating means is associated with the extrusion nozzle portion 45, pref;- erably in the form of an induction or resistance heating coil 56. The nozzle may be'f orme d relatively long so as to give the inductiomor resistanceheating coil 56 a substantial time interval to bring the metal back to the desired temperature for discharge. A heat insulating partition iii may be interposed between wthie heating coil 56 and the cooling jacket 93, with this heat insulating partition snugly surroundingthe outer screw member 40. The nozzle 4-5 terminates in an injection molding orifice'53f adapted to discharge. into the openings 18 of .die casting mold parts 15 and '16. This mold construction may be of the multiple type, if desired, which enables one mold cavity IT to be filled while the mold parts of another cavity are being separated for removing the finished di e casting H32. 7 I v In this embodiment for extruding die cast metal, the screws 36 and 43 and the extruding nozzle 55 may be composed of high temperature steels or alloys, or they may have their surfaces composed of or suitably protected by high temperature refractory material so that th'eycan withstand the-maximum temperaturesof the die cast metals: The machine can also be used for extruding other metals or alloys having higher melting points than die cast metal. ,1

Figures 10 and 11 illustrate another embodiment of my invention utilized as a meat grinder or food grinder. The male screw 3i} and female screw it are operatively connected with appropriate driving gearing so that thesetwo screw members rotate in opposite directions. The minor diameter of the male screw and the major diameter of the female screw are preferably formed with a considerable degree of taper so that the conveying passageway 44 has a rapidly diminishing cross-sectional area toward the discharge end of the screw elements. At the discharge end, the material is forced-under pressure through a multitude of perforations I04 in a'perforated plate [05. This plate Ifl5 sets in .an opening E06 formed in a supporting baselfl'l. The plate is held against rotationby projectin lugs 168 which extend from theplate and engage in, longitudinal slots; or guideways [09 formed in the supporting base I61. A wiping spider knife HI rotates in contact with the underside of the perforated plate 1&5 for cutting the food which is being forced down through the perforations H34. This wiping spider knife is pinned or keyed to a stud I I2 projectingzdown from the lower end of the, male screw 39, being held: on this stud by a ,nut H3. The meat or food is fed into'the hopper H4 at the upper end of the female screw member ill, and is fed downwardly between the screw members: and through the perforated plate 105, so as to grind or break up the meat or food into a comminuted mass.

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be made therein with eehee hi the .ih ehti h L In eh udi ma hine the emhi e eh 9i hhf i her ever her in-hit er hh eerew e h he' e id, i her hv rhi s r said two screws engaging the same body of ma; t r l eb eh in rn l y n e erna l thereof, the direction of lead of said inner con? veyor screw being opposite to the direction of lead of said outer conveyor screw, means for rotating said screws in opposite directions at the hem st d h eeii e teed eehe f r teed th mat r a to he inta e e d of sa d eeh e e e comp s g a pow r driven am disp se axi l oi a d. 'tr we a d havin rotar nd x a he hie e at o sa d inne c n n g fv c 2. In an extruding machine, the combination i u a l eet h h le d h e dl eet h femal conveyor screws having opposite ,direc? tions oi lead; at least one oi said screws being tapered in such direction as to cau the effecitive area between said screws to diminish to: ward the discharging ends of said screws, means is; a n i ea w'e a pos t sif ree bhe t the ame speed, a d meant 'ie f edin eeit e n o the t ke end of said ee ew fe ih pris ng a power driven sleeve disposed axially h e i eei w nd h v ng ro a mo ih in h opposite direction to that of said male screw.

3- In an. ex u in hieehihe, the om ihe eh ef inner a e ehheeht ie ee vev r ehie hete s t n ihh and. mit r t ea s n aid conveyor members having mating pith from end to end thereof and having opposite direct ehe f l a m an e fe in ateria i t th k v end o Sa conveyor mem ers, mea s for rotating said members in opposite directions a the same, eed so a b h hrea s exert a Q Q YO a on i the fi lllit irection 9? id material he radi l dis sion between the. min r me e o said inner and the ma or iiiemeter at sai u er hreads d m nishing th wards e d schar e d o said nveyo here, and a heating acket surrounding said ou e ehveyor mehi er wh e th radia dimeh ieh b e n h te o sai inn r hti the her diam ter a ee, e te? hreads hemi he t e sa e thwart th s dis ha e e e- 4. In apparatus of the class descr bed, the cornbinationroj male and female conveyor screws having opposite directions of lead, means for rotating said screws in opposite directions, said screws defining a screw conveying passageway therebetween, a shank portion extending from said male screw at the intake end of said passaeewav a rain sle e moun ed on sa shank portion for rotary and reciprocatory movement.

independently of said shank portion, a feeding cavity for receiving material, said ram sleeve forcing said material from said feeding cavity into said conveying passageway by recipiiocatory motion, means'for rotating said ram sleeve in a direction opposite to that of said shank portion,

eee e at t and roller h hiem ees ociated with said shank portion and with said rem sle e $9. 7 9%???23 3 d W? W I? eihm etet iii-whine pr entail n l etiee; th combination of an inner conveyor screw, an outer 1 eehte eh treweiir eiih ih said ihheir teh eszet ew h i eti h 9f l a ef sa d nner thinhei e thr w heme heeite' t9 he ire ti n at that of sale eater eeh -e e eere'w n ehe't t 5 r tat n id s rew i op site ir tie e. the etiihieei e i the h the diamet r at sa ihhet s ew he e ihs and t e meter d am t r 9 th alte h w de re in Id he d eehei ej d at aid r ws h' i hre i s re s i he tee-f eed e hvv h p a ew t e he: tween which dimin shes in cro s secti nal area t w d he dis ha e end o sa d ee w m a he feeding me ei t9 t ihi h h i 1 sen e h ev a s gew y a eatin a t h etahe tia h' e hht he id eerew nd a apted 9 rece v t e in fl id fer est thelly h a ing t ate ahe ti s id it? he hrew h ter ea n said inner s r w and said ton ve he 'h w e 1 ire ha the m te: al f th th d s har e n (if sai conve in pa sa w y e heetihj toi e'hhsteii ih e nd n ehef eirt h hi sa d he hi o heetihs th i eterie its ii eeee h eiie that voli and a; peel acket subs antiall tur et the di ch r e h i a 'eeid 'hehh e r healin the material in its discharge from said nozzle.

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, 11 vyor screws defining a heating zone for heating the material in the intake end of said forcefeed conveying passageway, a nozzle receiving the material from the discharge end of this passageway, heating means adjacent an intermediate portion of said nozzle defining a heating zone for heating the material in its passage through such intermediate portion of the nozzle, and cooling means adjacent the discharge end of said nozzle for cooling the material in its discharge from the nozzle.

8. In a machine of the class described, the combination of an inner conveyor screw, an outer conveyor screw surrounding said inner conveyor screw, the direction of lead of said inner conveyor screw being opposite to the direction of lead of said outer conveyor screw, means for rotating said screws in opposite directions, said screws defining a force-feed conveying passageway therebetween, and means for introducing material into the intake end of said conveying passageway, the minor diameter of said inner screw increasing toward the discharge end of said conveying passageway and the major diameter of said outer screw decreasing toward said discharge end whereby said conveying passageway diminishes in cross-sectional area both externally and internally toward said discharge end.

' 9. In a machine of the class described, the

combination of an inner conveyor screw, an outer conveyor screw surrounding said inner conveyor screw, the direction of lead of said inner conveyor screw being opposite to the direction of lead of said outer conveyor screw, said screws defining a force-feed conveying passageway therebetween, means for feeding material into the intake end of said passageway comprising a feed chute opening into a feeding cavity surrounding the shank of said inner screw, a main drive shaft extending substantially parallel with the axis of said conveyor screws, a spur gear on said drive shaft meshing with a cooperating spur gear associated with said outer conveyor screw for driving said latter conveyor screw in the appropriate direction for conveying material toward the discharge end of said conveying passageway, a countershaft extending substantially parallel with said main drive shaft, a pair of spur gears transmitting a drive from said main drive shaft to said countershaft, another pair of spur gears for transmitting a drive from said countershaft to the shank of said inner conveyor screw, whereby said inner conveyor screw is rotated in the opposite direction from the outer conveyor screw for feeding material toward the discharge end of said conveyor passageway, a ram sleeve surrounding said inner screw shank for reciprocatory and rotary movement thereon for feeding material from said feeding cavity into said forcefeed conveying passageway, a spur pinion on said ram sleeve and a cooperating spur pinion on said main drive shaft for rotating said ram sleeve, said latter spur pinions having sufficient width of driving face to maintain driving engagement during shifting movement of said ram sleeve, axially projecting cams carried by said ram sleeve, cooperating rollers carried by the shank of said inner screw and adapted to cooperate with said axially extending cams for imparting inward feeding movement to said ram sleeve, and

spring means for imparting outward retractive movement to said ram sleeve.

' 10. In a machine of the class described, the

combination of an inner conveyor screw, an outer conveyor screw surrounding said inner conveyor screw, the direction of lead of said inner conveyor screw being opposite to the direction of lead of said outer conveyor screw, said screws defining a force-feed conveying passageway therebetween, means for feeding material into the intake end of said passageway comprising a feed chute opening into a feeding cavity surrounding the shank of said inner screw, a main drive shaft extending substantially parallel with the axis of said conting a drive from said main drive shaft to said countershaft, another pair of spur gears for transmitting a drive from said countershaft to the shank of said inner conveyor screw, whereby said inner conveyor screw is rotated in the opposite direction from the outer conveyor screw for feeding material toward the discharge end of said conveyor passageway, a ram sleeve surrounding said inner screw shank fcrreciprocatory and rotary movement thereon for feeding material from said feeding cavity into said forcefeed conveying passageway, a spur pinion on said ram sleeve and a cooperating spur pinion on said main drive shaft for rotating said ram sleeve, said latter spur pinions having sufficient width of driving face to maintain driving engagement during shifting movement of said ram sleeve, and

cooperating camand roller members carried by.

said ram sleeve and the shank of said inner screw for imparting reciprocatory movement to said ram sleeve.

11. In a machine of the class described, the combination of an inner conveyor screw, an outer conveyor screw surrounding said inner conveyor screw, both of said conveyor screws being of tapered thread formation and of mating pitch from end-to-end, the direction of lead of said inner conveyor screw being opposite to the direction of lead of said outer conveyor screw, means for rotating said screws in opposite directions at speeds which maintain said screws in continuously mating travel, said screws defining a force feed conveying passageway therebetween which diminishes in cross-sectional area toward the discharge ends of said screws, and means for feeding material to the intake end of said conveying passageway.

ALBERT H. BRAESEKE.

REFERENCES CITED The following references are of record in the file of this patent:

UNITED STATES PATENTS Fielitz May 28, 1946 

